The College News
Volume V. No. 9
BRYN MAWR, PA., NOVEMBER 27, 1918
Price 5 Cents
LT. ROBERT NICHOLS SPEAKS ON
ENGLAND'S SOLDIER POETS
Reads From Works of Friends
� As a representative of the young Eng-
lish poets who have fallen in battle,
Lieut. Robert Nichols, of the Royal Field
Artillery, gave a lecture-reading on Brit-
ish War Poetry Friday evening in Taylor
under the auspices of the English Club.
Describing himself as "slightly damaged"
through hlR fighting with the Hun, and
quite unused to lecturing, Mr. Nichols
kept his audience under intense emo-
tional strain for nearly two houn> as he
read informally from the works of three
of his personal friends, Charles Sorley,
who was killed in action in May, 191":
Robert Graves, who has been severely
wounded; and Siegfried SasBOon, who has
fought three times In France and once in
Palestine. Mr. Nichols has had severe
shell shock, and was obliged to remain
seated throughout most of his address.
Stresses War Poets' Love of Action
To emphasize the directness and love
of action of the young War Poets, Mr.
V*NU!3ol8 described in contrast the inertia
of the poetB of the '90's. "who never
played football or rode or swam, but pre-
ferred to lie on a sofa and think about
it." The glory of the 90's was that they
rebelled against Victorian sentimentality
and Victorian bad technique, that they
saw that without truth there could be no
poetry; their weakness, that they prided
themselves on their exclusiveness and
used up their courage in such caprices as
wearing lilies in their buttonholes.
Through a. long stretch of "lean years,"
marked by "moral writers" such as Shaw,
Barker, Wells and Galsworthy, literature
finally got back, by way of the poetical
dramas of Masefleld, to real art.
The most characteristic emotion of the
immediately pre-war period in England
was indignation, Mr. Nichols declared.
When the war came, it provided some-
thing everyone could be horribly indig-
nant at. In so far it was a relief.
COLLEGE RECEIVES $500,000
LEGACY FROM MRS. SAGE
Will Enable Bryn Mawr to Join
Professors' Pension Plan
VARSITY HOCKEY TEAM, 1918-19
Top Row: K. Cauldwell '20, D. Clark "20, E. Donohue '22.
Middle Row: B. Weaver "20. M. Carey '20, E. Biddle '19.
Bottom Row: O. Hearne '19, A. Stiles '19, M. Tyler '19 (captain), D. Rogers '20.
M. Tyler '22.
First Subs (not in picture): M. Warren '21, A. Nlcoll '22, G. Rhoads 22, H. Guthrie
�22, M. France '19. M. L. Mall "20.
Sorley a Poetic Dramatist
Charles Sorley, the first of the "young
Elizabethans" whom Mr. Nichols de-
scribed, gives splendid expression to this
fighting mood. During his years at Marl-
borough he fought the whole school over
his successive "admirations" for Mase-
fleld, Hardy and Goethe. Sorley has been
called by Masefleld "the greatest literary
loss England has sustained in the war."
Another English critic prophesied that
had he lived he would have been the
neatest dramatist since Shakespeare.
"Like Emily Bronte," Mr. Nichols com-
mented, "he Is almost without adjec-
tives." His greatest poem. In Mr. Nich-
ol's Judgment, is "Into Action."
Mr. Nichols read "Stones," "Lost."
showing his love for the rain and the
wind, and the "Song to Marching Men":
"All the hills and vales along
Earth is bursting into song,
And the singers are the chaps
Who are going to die perhaps.
O sing, marching men.
Till the valleys ring again.
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Foods Which May Be Sold on Campus
Nuts, peanut butter, fruit, crackers and
hot soup, the Food Committee sanctions
as foodstuffs which may be sold on
campus.
VARSITY GAINS 6-3 VICTORY
OVER ALL-PHILADELPHIA
Four Goals by G. Hearne '19 Seal
Visitors' Doom
For the third year in succession Varsity
has won from All-Philadelphia. In a
hotly contested and evenly matched
game last Saturday the college team,
every member but one playing, defeated
their ancient foe, with six goals to their
three.
The play was full of vim, particularly
in the second half. A noticeable absence
of long dribbles by the Varsity wings
bore witness to the efficiency of the op-
posing halfbacks. The main stars of I ho
i;ume were G. Hearne '19 and B. Weaver
'20 for Varsity, and the Misses McLean,
MacMahon, and Townsend for All-Phila-
delphia.
First Half, 5-2
The first goal was made, after about
live minutes of indecisive fighting, by the
All -Philadelphia team in a sharp scrag
at the goal. A retaliatory tally for Var-
sity, made by G. Hearne '19, followed, and
then came a period of scrapping, in which
Miss McLean, E. Biddle '19. and Miss
MacMahon took most active part. Two
nore goals were made by G Hearne 1!"
from some distance, and one by M. Tyler
'19, before Captain Townsend of All-
Philadelphia took the ball down for a
second score against Varsity. Just before
half time was called D. Rogers '20 drib-
bled down the field, and O. Herne "19 shot
another long goal at a sharp angle.
Second Half, 6-3
The second half showed more team-
work on Varsity's forward line, and a cor-
respondingly stronger All-Philadelphia
RECORD OF VICTORY UNBROKEN
Varsity's victorious record for this
season is unbroken, even by a tie.
Five games have been played, against
Philadelphia ("ticket Club, the Alum-
nae, Lansdowne, Germantown, ana
All Philadelphia. One or two games
which were postponed on account of
the quarantine may be played after
Thanksgiving.
Chaplain Follows Service with Spirited
"Sing" in Gym
Shows College How to "Get Together"
A tall swinging figure In lieutenant's
towering high above a mob of
about three hundred students, and lead-
ing with voice, arms, and entire person-
ality In the spirited singing of the fa
vorite songs of the army: this was
Chaplain Laurena Seelye a few minutes
after the conclusion of last Sunday
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defense. As in the first half the visitors
drew first blood, this time with a goal
made by Miss Townsend across a circle
swept clear of defense by a clever decoy
play in the right wing. The remainder of
the gfcme was bitterly fought, but un-
eventful except for a final goal by D.
Rogers '20. During most of the second
half the home halfbacks played on the
defensive.
Line-up:
Varsity
M.Tyler 19 (c.)�. L.W.
M.Tyler'22....... L.I.
D.Rogers'20*,... C. F.
A. Stiles'19....... R.I.
G. Hearne T9��" It. W.
L. H.
C.H.
R. H
L. F.
All-Philadelphia
........Miss Irons
.MissKatzenstein
.��Townsend (c.)
.....Miss Cheston
..Miss MacMahon
......MissBoogar
......Miss Taylor
.....Miss McLean
........MISS Reed
R F.......Miss Glover
. G........Mrs. Fraley
All-Philadelphia: Miss
Newbold for Miss Glover, Miss Morgan
for Miss Irons. Miss Newbold for Miss
Boogar.
Referee�Miss Kirk.
Time of halves--3U min.
K. Caldwell '20... L. F........Miss Powel
E. Lanier'19.....
E. Biddle'19.....
B. Weaver "20....
K. Cauldwell t0.
E. Donohue'22..
I). Clark'20.....
Substitutes �
Busts in Taylor Come to Life for 19s
Reception to Freshmen
Cornelia Skinner Recites
Margaret Olivia Sage, who died on No-
vember 4th In her ninety-first year, left
Bryn Mawr College one fifty-second share
of her residuary estate, which Is esti-
mated by the newspapers as between
$700,000 and $800,000, but by Mrs. Sage's
executor, Mr. Robert W. de Forest, as
about $500,000. in a telegram sent to
President Thomas. Other shares go to
foreign and home missions, aid, tract and
Bible societies, hospitals, museums, libra-
ries, Hampton, Tuskegee, and fourteen
other colleges in addition to Bryn Mawr
�Troy Polytechnic. I'nion, Hamilton,
New York University, Syracuse, Yale.
Amherst, Williams, Dartmouth, Prince
ton, and four women's colleges, Vassar,
Wellesley, Smith and Barnard.
All these bequests are free from any
restriction except the request that they
shall be used in some way that shall com-
memorate the name of her husband, Rus-
sell Sage, who left her this great fortune
to dispose of. These splendid charitable
and educational girts, amounting roughly
to $40,000,000, place Mrs. Sage next to
John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
among American benefactors. It Is gen-
erally thought that the Trustees will add
this legacy to the general endowment
funds of the college, and It Is hoped that
the income of about $20,000 of the legacy
will be set aside to enable the college to
join in the new processors' pension plan
of the Carnegie Foundation.
It is interesting to recall that during
her husband's lifetime Mrs. Sage at-
tended commencement at Bryn Mawr and
took such a fancy to President Thomas's
garden pait| hal that she ordered an ex-
act duplicate and wore It for several
years, as Mr. Sage gave her a very small
dress allowance. Soon after his death
she gave President Thomas $20,000 for
suffrage work, and let her present the ter-
rible financial straits of the five women's
colleges�Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Welles-
ley, Smith and Bryn Mawr. After this
interview President Thomas sent Mrs.
Sage a carefully written statement of
what an additional endowment of $1,000,-
000 -apiece given to these five colleges
would mean for women's education. This
statement was never acknowledged and
President Thomas says that she feared
that she had displeased Mrs. Sage and
probably damaged Bryn Mawr's chance
of being remembered In her will. Hap-
pily this proves not to have been the
case: and it may be that President
Thomas' presentation of the needB of the
women's colleges Influenced Mrs. Sage to
include four of the five colleges amc:^
her residuary legatees. At the time that
Mrs. Sage's will was made a fifty-second
share would have amounted to about
$1,000,000 for each college, but gifts of
principal during her lifetime considerably
reduced the residuary estate. Bryn Mawr
is deeply grateful to Mrs. Sage for Its
legacy and will always revere her
memory.
The long-abused Greeks who adorn the
corridors of Taylor came Into their own
last Saturday evening, forming an orig-
inal and well-executed background to the
familiar theme of the Bryn Mawr super-
women, presented by 1919 In their recep-
tion to the Freshmen.
I'nder a clever Are of comment from
ntinued on page �. column 1.)
No "News" Next Week
Owing to the Thanksgiving vacation
there will be no issue of the News next
week. The next number will appear De-
cember 12th